DCM 0228: Scalvini Walking Stick Flute in C

123 mm. long tapered brass ferrule with iron tack tip.
Instrument type: Walking Stick Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood, turned to appear as stylized bamboo, horn pommel, brass key, brass ferrule and iron tip.; 93.4 cm.
Key Holes System: 1 key, brass, round flat flap, pin in block.
Mark Maximum: (flower) / SCALVINI / BRESCIA / (flower)
Mark Additional: Mark on body.
Condition: Head joint socket is cracked and missing 160 degrees of material and the lower staff joint socket is cracked in 6 places, both sockets are cracked due to very flimsy construction (thin guage) and design. The body joint lower tenon is 37 mm., but the socket for it is 81 mm.!!
Provenance: G. Meriggioli, Milan, 1 Feb. 1922.

The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.